Washing-machine



(No Model.)

D. GARDNER. WASHING MACHINE.

Patented 001;. 25, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAvID GAEDNEE, oE WHITE WEIGHT, TExAs.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,892, dated October25, 1892. Application filed October 16, 1891. Serial No. 408,910. (Nomodel.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID GARDNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at White Wrlght, in the coun ty of Grayson and State of lexas,have invented a new and useful Wash- Ing-Machine, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in Washing-machines.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of washing-machines and to enable clothes to be .thoroughlywashed withut liability of injur- Ing them.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

.In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washing-machineconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional View. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.

Like numerals of reference indicate corre- ,spending parts in all thefigures of the draw- Ings.

1 designates a frame composed of four legs 2, connected by rounds 3, andhorizontal parallel bars 4, secured to the upper ends of the legs orsupports 2 and provided intermediate Ltheir ends with bearings 5, inwhich are journals 6 of aVwashing-machine body 7. The Washingmachinebody 7 is approximately the shape of a rhombus in longitudinal sectionand has rounded corners and consists of sides 8 and a bottom 9 and ends10, constructed of a single piece of sheet metal secured to the edges ofthe sides. The upper end of the body is provided with a rectangularmouth or opening 1l, which during the operation of washing is closed bya cover 12, and arranged at one side of the mouth or opening is a handleby which the body is oscillated. The ends of the body are connected withthe ends of the horizontal parallel bars 4 by the spiral springs 13,which are alternately expanded and compressed by the oscillation of thebody, and arranged on opposite sides of the body, at the end thereof,are rubber stops 14, which are arranged at the ends of the body. Therubber stops are secured to the outer faces of the sides 8 by screws andare arranged to engage the horizontal bars 1 at the end of eachoscillation to stop the body suddenly and to increase the agitation ofthe water within the body, and thereby force the said water through theclothes to be washed. These elastic stops may be arranged to limit thestroke of the machine to prevent inexperienced operators from swingingthe body too far, and thereby straining the spring. During the operationof the machine water rushes from the end to the center of the body andis forced through the clothes, and by suddenly stopping the body at theend of each swing a greater Velocity and agitation is imparted to thewater and clothes are prevented bunching at any one portion of the body.The springs insure evenncss of stroke or swing of the body. The body isprovided at its lower end or corner with an opening 15, through whichwater is drawn after the operation of washing has been completed andwhich is normally closed by a plug 16. One of the horizontal bars 4 isprovided with a perforation, in which is arranged a pin 17, which passesthrough the bar and engages the body to prevent oscillation of the samewhen desired.

It will be seen that the washing-machine is exceedingly simple; that itsinterior presents a smooth and unbroken surface, which will in no wiseinjure the clothes to be washed, and that water is rapidly washedthrough the clothes, which are prevented bunching in any one part of themachine.

What I claim is- In a washing-machine, the combination of a framecomprising the legs 2, the rounds connecting the legs, and the parallelhorizontal side bars connecting the upper ends of the legs at each sideof the frame, the ends of the frame being open at the top, adiamond-shaped washing-machine body journaled between the sides of theframe, the spiral springs arranged at each end of the horizontal barsand attached to the same and to the body, and the elastic stops arrangedat each end of the body and on opposite sides of the same and adapted toengage the side bars, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own 1 have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID GARDNER. Witnesses:

R. A. BINFOED, J. B. MARSHALL.

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